The 11/14 Hour Truck Driving Rule

Recently I received an e-mail asking me to explain the very confusing 11/14 hour truck driving rule. As you know, this is the rule which tells the driver how many hours he/she may work, when to break, how long to break, and how many hours of driving that he/she may drive during a 24 hour period.

Here is my reply to her that I would like to post for all new drivers:

This is a real simple rule that sometimes people can make harder than it really is .me included, when it first came out. In a nutshell it simply states that you cannot work more than 14 hours in a 24 hour period and cannot drive more than 11 hours in a 24 hour period, without taking a 10 hour break.

Work means the same as on duty As soon as you start your pre-trip, you are on duty .you have 14 hours to be on duty from that moment on, before you are required to shut down for your 10 hour break.

So, if you start your pre-trip at 6 AM, you have to be stopped, shut down, done! by 8 PM. Your on duty work includes, pre-tripping, post tripping, driving, unloading, loading, waiting time, stopping for a meal, bathroom break, stopping to make a phone call ANYTHING you are doing between the pre-trip and post trip .this is your 14 hours you have to complete your day s work.

Example. Let s say you start your pre-trip at 10 AM. and you drive over to the shipper to get loaded and you get there at 10:30 AM, and they tell you it will take about 5 hours to get loaded. You are finally loaded at 3:30 PM. You now only have until midnight to drive or whatever , before you must shut down for the 10 hour break. You will be completely legal because you shut down at midnight, which is 14 hours (10 AM to Midnight) and you only drove 9 hours (10 AM to 10:30 AM, and 3:30 PM to Midnight) even though you are 2 hours under the 11 hour driving rule, the 14 hour rule beat you to the punch because of the waiting time the shipper placed on you.

Just remember, whatever time you start the day on your log, you have to be completely shut down (break), within 14 hours. Now, if you start your pretrip at 10 AM, arrive at shipper at 10:30 AM, and are loaded by 11 AM, you can drive until 9:30 PM (11 hour rule 10-10:30, 11-9:30), .even though 14 hours is midnight (10 AM to midnite), the 11 hour rule beat you to the punch you can still be on duty through midnight, like waiting to get unloaded, calling dispatch, repairing a trailer tire etc. you JUST CAN T DRIVE anymore.

After 14 hours you should be doing only one thing. on a 10 hour break. Just because you hit 11 hours of driving, you can still be doing work-related duties, as long as you are not driving AND once you hit the 14 hour spot you must be shut down, totally, and be on your 10 hour break.

Remember two things :

1. Be shut down (on your break) within 14 hours of starting your log.

2. Within that 14 hours, make sure you have not driven more than 11 hours.

NOW! There is also the 34 hour rule! But this is easy if you are off duty for at least 34 hours, all your hours beforehand are erased and you can start clean with another 70 hours. There is talk about doing away with this rule, but for now, it is still on the books.

UPDATE TO THIS POST: 7-20-09

Since I am constantly receiving emails from those who only wish to criticize and attempt to prove something to themselves, I would like to address a recent email I received:

Here is the email I just received:

I read, The 11/14 Hour Truck Driving Rule quot;, it is incorrect. You state that after your 14th consecutive hour on duty you must be off duty or in the sleeper berth, not true. The law states a driver must not drive after his 14th hour on duty, nothing about working. Any work as unloading, post trip, fueling are fine to do after your 14th hour. Please make sure you know the law prior to acting like an authority. Thanks.

Now, if this guy had really read the post, then he would have seen the following paragraph within this post:

Just remember, whatever time you start the day on your log, you have to be completely shut down (break), within 14 hours. Now, if you start your pretrip at 10 AM, arrive at shipper at 10:30 AM, and are loaded by 11 AM, you can drive until 9:30 PM (11 hour rule 10-10:30, 11-9:30), .even though 14 hours is midnight (10 AM to midnite), the 11 hour rule beat you to the punch you can still be on duty through midnight, like waiting to get unloaded, calling dispatch, repairing a trailer tire etc. you JUST CAN T DRIVE anymore.

Furthermore, this guy would have seen my previous comment to another, more professional poster here s my previous posted comment:

Yes, you are correct. You are referring to Reg. 395 (d) –

D. 14-HOUR DUTY PERIOD D-1. May a driver be on duty for more than 14 consecutive hours?

Yes. A driver may remain on duty for more than 14 hours; however, the driver of a property-carrying CMV cannot drive after the 14th hour after coming on duty. Also, the additional on-duty time will be counted toward the 60/70-hour on-duty limit. But, as you mentioned, MOST companies require you to be shut down by the 14th hour. Every company I’ve ever worked for, even now, require you to be completely done by the 14th hour. So that is why I explained it this way. With a former company I was driving for, I did go over the 14 hours, legally….but I was still called in by the log and safety dept. Even though I explained to them what I did was legal, I was still “slapped” on the hand for doing it! LOL … but again, you are right….it is just that most companies want you “shut down” by the 14th hour……thanks for your post…..I appreciate it!

Allen Posted on: 10-22-2008

So I will make this response a permanent part of this post, hopefully I can STOP receiving rude and hateful emails which do not benefit anyone. Also, my intentions are NOT to come off as the authority but instead try and help newcomers to the industry. I suggest that people fully read my posts before attacking either myself or other posters. For the rude posters: Maybe they just can t read very well or they have trouble comprehending?

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Small wonder that the idea has been promoted by the Obama administration, with strong bipartisan and industry support. The government has given $6.5 billion in incentives, and hospitals and doctors have spent billions more.

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“One of the most professional organizations I have dealt with in the past 9 years. We had another IT vendor when we started this practice in 2003, and I have never regretted the switch to Dabbs after some rocky months with the other guys. You know it’s a great company when there is not a lot of turnover in personnel, and I have been fortunate to work with the same technicians for most of the past decade. They know my practice, and the name of each of my employees. And they have always been tuned in to emerging technology and have never steered our practice in any direction but the RIGHT one. I love these guys. -Lydia

About Dabbs Computer Consultants

Dabbs Computer Consultants is a full service technology company specializing in offering EMR solutions to Medical offices. We offer a full range of products and services including Lytec 2017, Lytec 2015, Lytec 2014, Lytec 2013, Lytec 2011, Lytec 2010, LytecMD, electronic insurance filing, electronic prescriptions, real time insurance verification. We also focus on providing total IT solutions to medical practices. We have been providing support on the Lytec line of products for over 12 years. No matter what your Lytec needs are, Dabbs Computer Consultants is here to help.

Take care of your Patients and your Business. Whenever. Wherever.

MedicStudio is a cloud-based set of applications for managing your clients health records, from intake through discharge, including scheduling, assessments, progress notes, up-to-date problem list, group treatment, electronic billing, and diagnostic medical imaging, from wherever you are.

No Long Term Contracts

Unlimited Cloud Space

No Hidden Fees

MedicStudio EMR

Try MedicStudio Cloud Based Mobile Diagnostic and Medical Recording EMR, for better Private and Clinical Practice. The console for Mobile Diagnostics and Files Management which improves the Medical Practice and the management of the clinical facilities.

Greater precision and safety

A more comfortable professional experience

Improved coordination and a smoother workflow

Login to your Patient Chart 24/7 wherever you are

Ask your physician the access to MedicStudio EHR

Manage All your Family Health Records

Unlimited Cloud Space

No Costs or Hidden Fees

For the Physician

Electronic Medical Record Cloud Based with labs, medications, allergies, histories, prescription writing, image scanning, and progress notes. MedicStudio EMR gives physicians and medical professionals a computerized system for managing patient files and information on the cloud.

For the Patient

MedicStudio gives you 24 hour access to your doctor’s office and medical record. With MedicStudio EHR You can look up an appointment, review past diagnoses, see a list of prescribed and known medications or make sure immunizations are up to date.

The best solution for the Medical Clinical Management

Manage workstations, multiple facilities, departments, suppliers, staff members, inventory, invoices, calendars (online appointments calendar) and rates for each different facility. MedicStudio EMR/EHR has been developed from Physicians for their respective categories, in order to provide a cloud solution that keep the practitioner at the center of development.

MedicStudio is a cloud-based application for managing health clients from intake through discharge, including scheduling, assessments, progress notes, goals, group treatment, electronic billing, and diagnostic medical images, from wherever you are.

MedicStudioEMR The console for Mobile Diagnostics and Files Management which improves the Medical Practice and the management of the clinical facilities. MedicStudio EMR is a program developed by physicians and dentists for their respective categories, in order to provide a web application that puts the practitioner at the center of development. Share patient data with other doctors, technicians, or laboratory assistants. MedicStudio was designed to contain information relating to complex structures, such as clinics and multi structures, satisfying the needs of physicians of different specialties and those who work within different medical offices, clinics or hospital departments. MedicStudio is intuitive and therefore easy to use. MedicStudio is accessible anywhere, from any computer or mobile device, like iPhone, iPad and latest mobile phones.

MedicStudio EMR EHR MedicStudio EMR is the evolution to collect and manage your medical data. share all your files, patients, calendars and appointments with other medical doctors, colleagues and assistants. MedicStudio has been built to contain and organize lots of information, even related to complex medical facilities, such as health centers and group practices, to satisfy doctors of different specialties and doctors employed in different medical clinics or hospital wards. You can run your entire practice on MedicStudio EHR, with solutions designed to give you an efficient office with a high standard of care. Manage your supplies, storage, invoices, staff and timetable. Use your EMR fully online, with wireless connection or even an iPad.

MedicStudioEMR All you need is a browser and an Internet connection. You no longer need expensive servers and IT infrastructure. MedicStudio is the most modern cloud medical console in the market. The Best and Most Advanced Tools for the interpretation of diagnostic scans are the most advanced and flexible, and its computational tools for medical practice help and simplify the work.

Bureau of Workers’ Compensation monthly employer webinars

BWC is beginning a new series of brief, informative webinars on topics of interest to employers. Webinars will be offered twice a month and will be about 20-25 minutes. To kick things off, June webinars will cover policy year 2017 renewal, the 2-percent early pay discount and future dating of payments.

Ohio Materials Marketplace

The Ohio Materials Marketplace is a free online platform allowing businesses and organizations to connect and find reuse and recycling solutions for waste and by-product materials.

Ohio Business Central

File business documents online with Ohio Business Central. Available online forms include: articles of incorporation for domestic corporations, nonprofits, and professional associations; articles of organization for a domestic limited liability company; foreign for profit and nonprofit corporation application for license; foreign limited liability company registration; trade and fictitious name registration and renewal; and biennial reports for associations and limited liability partnerships, and more.

13/07/2017

16:12

EMR Software for Physical Therapists

Lightning fast, Affordable & Customizable

Web-based or Desktop version

QuickEMR: The Premier Practice Management Software system

Billing Services and In-House Modules

QuickEMR offers complete billing services to our clients at competitive rates. We specialize in therapy billing and we have created a seamless interface to our system to avoid repetitive data entry and errors in data entry, as well as inhouse billing modules compatible with popular systems.

Reminders, Tracking and Referrals.

Scheduling is quick and easy. Click the mouse, type a few letters to find a patient and you’re done! Schedule the same patient again with the click of the mouse. Click a few buttons and show all of a patient’s appointments, print a schedule, search for an open appointment, or reschedule a patient..

See What our Clients Have to Say.

“By using the QuickEMR software, I have been able to decrease my salary expenses by at least one person in the business office. Productivity among the Physical Therapists, Certified Hand Therapists and Physical Therapy Assistants has improved and has made a big difference in regards to completing documentation in a timely manner. Therapists can document as they are treating patients instead of waiting until the end of the day to complete their patient notes. Daily visit notes can be documented in as little as 1-2 minutes. Rejected claims by payers has significantly decreased, documentation errors have been virtually eliminated, and organization in our clinics has greatly improved since implementing the QuickEMR software. After researching many products, I have found the QuickEMR software to be the best and most cost saving documentation software on the market today.” – W. Daniel Vogelbach LPT, ATC/L President, Sports Specialty & Rehabilitation Center, Inc

“We researched MANY Physical Therapy documentation programs before deciding to purchase QuickEMR. QuickEMR has been the perfect choice for our Physical Therapy practice! There have been many benefits from using this program. It has helped us to become very organized with our patient files. We even have the ability to go completely paperless with our patient charts if we wish to do so. Physicians have complimented us on the thoroughness and professionalism of our documentation. It saves us paperwork time � especially with the daily treatment notes. They are very quick to complete! There are many features on the program that help us run efficiently, like the �short hand�, the �copy over� and the �fax through email� features, among many others. It even helps our billing department be efficient and organized by utilizing the �batch management� and the �medical records page count� features. David�s customer service is excellent and you get the feeling that he truly cares about you as a client!” – Michael Schwahn, CEO / Administrative Director, LIFE Rehab Services, Inc.

About

QuickEMR� is the premiere therapy practice management software system for physical, occupational, and speech and language therapy centers. Our system has been designed by and for physical therapists, office managers, and practice owners to reduce the costs involved in operating your practice by helping your office become more efficient

Got Questions?

Request A Demo We will be happy to take you on a personally guided tour of our QuickEMR software.

Comprehensive Electronic Clinical Office Solutions

At DocuMed, we believe that effortlessly generating clear, concise medical documentation while achieving your charting style and workflow is just the first step of a multi-component process that encompasses the Electronic Clinical Office (ECO). DocuMed has continually perfected the art of capturing and generating patient encounter data with templates that incorporate text, voice recognition, voice dictation and point-and-click technology since 1988.

DocuMed set its targets beyond traditional EMR to realize a comprehensive ECO. Applying physician experiences with EMR’s, we developed the most complete and well thought out electronic medical documentation management tool available. DocuMed efficiencies are most apparent when observed in a real setting. Eliminate the stress and confusion. We invite you to learn more about the DocuMed Electronic Clinical Office and the many benefits of generating, managing and distributing electronic medical documentation.

07/07/2017

02:09

Why small medical practices lag in EMR adoption

Although a growing percentage of physician practices are adopting electronic medical records, a large gap persists in adoption rates between the smallest and largest practices.

Small practices are not averse to adopting technology, analysts said. But the cost of systems, confusion about federal incentives for using them and the practice disruption they might cause are holding back their EMR adoption rates.

SK A, a marketing research firm in Irvine, Calif. released a survey on Oct. 24 that found 40.4% of physician offices used EMRs as of July, up from 38.7% in October 2010. SK A surveyed 237,862 medical sites.

The larger the practice, the more likely it was to use an EMR. According to SK A, 75.5% of practices with 26 or more physicians used EMRs. For solo practices, that number was 30.8%. Only 41.6% of practices with two physicians used EMRs, and 51% of those with three to five physicians did.

Jack Schember, spokesman for SK A, said about 72% of all practices are solo (55%) or two-physician practices (16.6%), which is why the overall EMR adoption was not higher.

He said meaningful use incentives have even solo practices at least considering EMRs. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health Act, a provision of the 2009 economic stimulus package, allows practices to earn up to $44,000 per physician over five years from Medicare or nearly $64,000 over six years from Medicaid if they show meaningful use of EMRs. Payments began in 2011. “It’s got them thinking,” he said. “It’s got the wheels turning.”

However, “at the same time, those smaller practices are still thinking about when,” Schember said. “Those first initial payments are, apparently, not enough to light a fire under them to make an immediate decision.” According to SK A, 72.6% of practices that haven’t adopted EMRs don’t have a time frame in mind.

Experts said small practices still face much uncertainty about buying EMRs. Depending on the system, the incentive payments being offered under meaningful use might not be enough to cover its cost. (In the SK A survey, 16.7% of those who didn’t buy systems said cost was the major factor.) Schember said physicians also are weighing the impact an implementation can have on a practice. “Is there a payoff in efficiency? Is there a payoff in terms of better patient services? What’s the analysis of this cost versus the benefit?” he said.

The purchase price is not the only issue. Many physicians don’t know the rules regarding EMRs and payment incentives.

The SK A survey found that many aren’t even aware the meaningful use incentives exist. Of those surveyed, 21% were not familiar with the government incentive program. A division of the Dept. of Health and Human Services said it is trying to reach those practices, particularly through the use of regional extension centers, created in the HITECH Act.

“Reaching small practices with limited resources is difficult, and [the Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology] has recommended that RECs start by focusing on the most at-risk communities,” the ONC said in an emailed statement to American Medical News. “According to SK A data, the RECs have enrolled over 70% of the small-practice providers that are in rural communities.”

The ONC, which is a client of SK A and gets its adoption data directly from the research firm, also said the percentage of practices unaware of the incentive program fell from 24.7% in 2010.

Impact of the RECs

Under the HITECH Act, $677 million was allocated for creating 62 regional extension centers to help spread the word about the incentive program to small practices and help them achieve meaningful use. They had a goal of reaching 100,000 physicians.

Many of the RECs received their funding a few months ago and are just now getting started. During the past two months, Schember said he has seen evidence of the RECs stepping up their marketing.

But even those that had early success with signing up practices for their services say it’s too soon to see the benefits, or to see adoption rates rise.

Of the more than 1,100 physicians signed up with his REC, more than 800 had an EMR already, said Randy Bordelon, program manager for Mississippi Regional Extension Center, which serves the state of Mississippi. In the past year and a half, 30 practices affiliated with Mississippi REC have implemented an EMR for the first time. Mississippi REC has had only eight practices attest for meaningful use so far.

He said many practices contracted with Mississippi REC are participating in the Medicaid incentive program. Practices don’t have to have their EMR systems implemented to qualify for the first installment of the Medicaid incentive. The Medicaid incentives are being facilitated at the state level, and many states are still launching their programs, which would mean a delay for the practices hoping to qualify for those incentives.

Though the incentive program was meant to stimulate adoption rates, the Centers for Medicare Medicaid Services did not want to penalize those who were already using the technology. So few people were surprised to see the early recipients of the incentive pay were those who were already using EMRs.

The Center for Public Integrity’s online publication iWatch News reported in October that the first batch of payments through the Medicare program totaled $75 million and went to about 320 hospitals and doctors. About half of those who responded to a survey had implemented the technology years before the incentive program was launched.

Brenda Gleason, president and founder of M2 Health Care Consulting, a Washington-based strategic policy and research firm, said it’s too early for the incentive plan to have an impact on adoption rates for practices implementing for the first time, especially small practices.

Even those practices that signed up for services offered by the RECs are still struggling with the fact that EMR adoption “wreaks havoc with the practice flow — there’s no question about that. So you have to decide in your own practice when is the best time to do that,” Gleason said.

She said many physicians are confused about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and its relationship to the meaningful use incentive program. Many physicians don’t know where the money for the incentive program comes from and whether it will be there if health reform is deemed unconstitutional, she said. Various court cases have challenged the legality of the health reform law.

She tells physicians over and over, “They are not related; they are not even part of the same piece of legislation.” But, especially in states where there has been a big push-back on the health reform law, “it is affecting some of the meaningful use take-up.”

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Technical divide by practice size

In a nationwide survey of practices released Oct. 24, SK A, a market research firm, found that the electronic medical records gap between large and small practice persists. Overall, 40.4% of physician offices reported using EMRs in July, up from 38.7% in October 2010.

With its many features and capabilities and an easy-to-use designer interface you can create database without the need for programming expertise. Dacima offers the most powerful, flexible and user-friendly EDC software on the market.

Contract Management Software Microsoft SharePoint

Contract Management Software System on Microsoft SharePoint

As your organization grows, so does the number of contracts you enter with vendors, partners and customers. Has your contract management process evolved along with your business growth? Or, are your general counsel, attorney and contract managers’ days slowed by trying to prioritize contract requests, contract negotiations, checking on contracts’ statuses and looking for contract renewal dates in Excel spreadsheets and share drives?

ConvergePoint recognizes your legal team’s need for a contract management system to handle the full contract management lifecycle, from contract requests, reviews and approvals through obligation management and renewals. Our Enterprise Contract Management System, built on Microsoft SharePoint (available on Microsoft SharePoint 2016. Microsoft SharePoint 2013. Microsoft SharePoint 2010 and Office 365 – SharePoint Online ), automates the contract management process, ensuring you never again have to worry about uneconomical contracts auto-renewing, missed business opportunities and wasting time searching for and compiling contract information.

Manage the Entire Contract Lifecycle

ConvergePoint’s Contract Management Software streamlines the entire contract process with a full-featured contract solution on the Microsoft SharePoint platform. Let your legal team rely on our contract tracking software to manage contract creation, send automated notifications about upcoming deadlines, manage contracts that are renewing and expiring, and quickly find important contract details that are important to the business.

Because the software is built on the Microsoft’s SharePoint document management platform, it is the best contract management software to work with for Microsoft Office files, Microsoft Exchange, Microsoft Outlook and Active Directory. The software provides unique functionality to automate contract managers’ most time-consuming and tedious tasks including version control and renewal alerts.

The user-friendly SharePoint and Office 365 contract management system guides your contract managers through the contract process, while the general counsel and business teams are able monitor progress and statuses from the real-time dashboard.

With easy document migration tools and quick deployment options, our SharePoint and Office 365 contracts software allows you to be up and running in days or weeks, not months. Because our top notched software is intuitive, training your users is simple, and our IT support team empowers them to train others with the help of tools and guides.

If you are on the Microsoft Cloud, extend your existing Office 365 business investment with an online contract management system that streamlines your storage of contracts and automatically alerts you on expiring contracts as well provide you with significant tools during the authoring, review and negotiation phases.

The Therefore document management system enables you to process information efficiently, economically and securely throughout your department or organization. This means your team can access and use the information they need to meet business objectives, allowing you to have a smarter company and increase efficiency and profits.

David McQuillan, Services Manager for Mallon Technology stated . have found FormStorm to be a perfect answer to our form capture needs, adaptable, efficient and affordable, my dealings with CMS have also been excellent, they created a robust processing system for us under very tight time constraints within the agreed time frame and budget. The full case study can be found here.

CMS Software Ltd is a leading provider of document capture, document management systems, email security and support services designed for organisations of all sizes across a multitude of business sectors.

Our document management systems are designed to offer flexibility in the electronic capture and storage of documents. We use the latest technology in both software and hardware to create the best system to fit your organisation’s needs.

Intelligent Form Capture

Businesses are continually looking to increase efficiency, cut costs and reduce errors in processing of business documents and forms. Our software has been designed to help achieve these goals by capturing all types of paper and electronic documents and forms, extracting and validating the important data and exporting to ECM, CRM, ERP or other business application.

Document Management from CMS Software

Modern day Document Management can provide an overall streamlining for any size of company and provide a positive return on your investment, typically within 9 months of implementation. In addition to this Document Management can provide the following benefits:-

Storage space saving on filing cabinets

Protection against business continuity in case of fire

Control sensitive information getting into the wrong hands, inside and outside your organisation

Real time saving on posting, stationery, paper, ink

Personnel overhead can be kept at a minimum due to efficiencies in day to day processes

Flow of paperwork electronically and the ability to build in business rules

We have developed and installed systems that offer full or semi automation in the processing of forms and other business related documents that include:-

Electronic network faxing

Archiving of important documents in electronic format, PDF. TIFF etc

Management of historical archives without the need for large filing cabinets

Forms Processing, OCR and ICR Character Recognition, including hand written characters

Purchase invoice data capture and export to your system

Automation of received documents

Our Clients

CMS supply to many different market sectors, including:-

Car and Commercial Automotive Businesses

NHS and Private Healthcare

Banking and Financial

Warehousing and Distribution

Walraven – ROI and Cost savings

Walraven is a family owned company with head offices in the Netherlands and 17 sites around the world. They manufacture fixing systems for heating pipes, cooling systems as well as fire protection systems and sanitary systems. Walraven operate in the domestic market with many customers in the construction, electrical and building and public sectors

Walraven has also seen significant cost-savings since integrating Electronic Document Distribution (EDD) Zetafax seamlessly into their existing business processes. They have saved approximately �800 per month on postage and packaging, �400 on labour, �600 on stationery and fax consumables. So all in all, they are witnessing cost-savings of approximately �1800-1900 per month.

By implementing EDD, we have immediately saved a lot of money. It has the potential to save us more time and money in the future when we look to expand.

Nicola Luker, Finance Manager, Walraven Ltd

Additional Products and Systems available from CMS Software

Forms Processing – designed for data extraction and input into a Document Management system or third party such as Sharepoint, Oracle etc. Ideal for Invoice processing and extraction of key data from a large volume of received documents (either electronic or hard copy)

Reports management allowing your system generated reports to be stored electronically. Statements and remittances can now be sent via our Electronic Document Distribution (EDD) system. Company logo s and overlay can be added to make your company stationery to enhance the appearance of the delivered documents.

Document Scanners – developed by some of worlds leading manufacturers in document scanning. We offer Canon and Fujitsu scanners capable of scanning speeds from 30 ppm to 128ppm.

Redaction software Designed specifically to protect outgoing files or printed hard copy documents. Able to protect sensitive data and make you compliant with Data Protection and Freedom of Information legal requirements.

Electronic Network Faxing This software turns your workstation into a fax machine. No need to worry about missing another fax again. Send and receive faxes from your desktop, just like an email.